As the daughter of a famed courtesan, Julianna de Lacy had seen more than her share of heartbreak. Her own heart shattered the night her mother dragged her from the Marquess Devereaux’s mansion and forced her into a stranger’s carriage. It wasn’t fear of her mother’s new protector that made her weep, but the pain of leaving Bennet Devereaux—the marquess’s young son and her only friend.

Someone wants Bennet Devereaux dead.
The twenty-seven-year-old marquess has received copies of his own obituary, witnessed staged murder scenes, and knows the next attempt may be real. Desperate to uncover the truth, he hires an enquiry agent—only to discover she’s the woman he thought lost forever.

As Bennet and Julianna race to unmask a killer, friendship turns to forbidden love. But she refuses to be any man’s mistress, and he cannot marry a courtesan’s daughter.
How do you solve a mystery when the greatest risk is losing your heart?